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Hiawatha Collegiate High School

Public, Charter Grades 9-12
389th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 473 Minnesota High Schools
Better than 18% of Minnesota high schools
Summary

Hiawatha Collegiate High School is a public charter high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving grades 9–12 with 744 students as part of the Hiawatha Academies district, which ranks 433 of 458 districts statewide — 5th percentile, 0 stars.

At the school level, Hiawatha ranked 389 of 473 schools in 2025–2026 — 18th percentile, 1 star — and its history shows the school generally sitting in the bottom quartile, with its best recent year at the 23rd percentile in 2024–2025 before slipping to 18th. Proficiency rates in 2025–2026 were 17.3% in math, 17.1% in reading, and 18.9% in science, against state averages of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. That places Hiawatha below nearby Universal Academy Middle/High (34th percentile) and South High (21st percentile) in math and reading, but above MTS High School (5th percentile) and Lincoln International High School (15th percentile), and ahead of Universal, South, and MTS in science. Avalon School (72nd percentile) scores much higher in reading and science, though its free/reduced lunch rate is 25.27% versus Hiawatha's 82.93%. Hiawatha is also much larger than most nearby charters.

Graduation and dropout are relative strengths: 80.7% graduated and 4.9% dropped out in 2024–2025, better than most nearby alternative and charter schools, including Longfellow Alternative High and South High — though both figures moved unfavorably from the prior year's 87.4% and 3.7%. Some student groups rank above the school's overall standing, while special education is a persistent weak spot at 8th percentile, 0 stars, and English Language Learner results swing widely year to year. Reading dropped sharply from 32.82% to 17.1%, making reading recovery and stabilizing graduation the key things to watch.

744
Students ?
17.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,531
Per pupil spending ?
82.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3500 E 28th St
       Minneapolis, MN  55407-8888

(612) 455-4004

District: Hiawatha Academies

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
84.3%
African American:
11.7%
Two or more races:
1.7%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 23rd percentile in 2019 → 18th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Minnesota average (18% vs 43% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2019
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school18%
District avg11%
Minnesota avg43%
389th of 473
Minnesota public high schools ?
Bottom 18%▼ down 6 pts since 2019
From bottom 23% (2019) to bottom 18% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
433rd of 458Hiawatha Academies among Minnesota districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202620.5389 of 47317.8%★☆☆☆☆
202527.5348 of 45022.7%★☆☆☆☆
202413.4422 of 48012.1%★☆☆☆☆
202314.2407 of 47614.5%★☆☆☆☆
202210.7419 of 47211.2%★☆☆☆☆
20214.8404 of 4285.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.5377 of 49223.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202649.556 of 11450.9%★★★☆☆
202527.078 of 9517.9%★☆☆☆☆
202415.099 of 1099.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.774 of 9824.5%★☆☆☆☆
202225.481 of 10220.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202631.679 of 11028.2%★☆☆☆☆
202552.328 of 9470.2%★★★★☆
202429.678 of 10223.5%★☆☆☆☆
202337.553 of 9041.1%★★☆☆☆
202235.157 of 8734.5%★★☆☆☆
202134.724 of 4748.9%★★★☆☆
201958.324 of 8571.8%★★★★☆
201870.216 of 7879.5%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202614.3351 of 39811.8%★☆☆☆☆
202515.7316 of 35811.7%★☆☆☆☆
20249.8373 of 4037.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.2367 of 3967.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.0363 of 3886.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.9332 of 3392.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.9341 of 40115.0%★☆☆☆☆
201833.4304 of 39523.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202641.076 of 13543.7%★★☆☆☆
202555.750 of 12459.7%★★★☆☆
202431.4105 of 14527.6%★☆☆☆☆
202328.8105 of 13622.8%★☆☆☆☆
202218.8119 of 13511.9%★☆☆☆☆
202111.899 of 1012.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201945.167 of 13249.2%★★★☆☆
201861.843 of 12966.7%★★★☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202481.61 of 988.9%★★★★★
202345.97 of 1241.7%★★★☆☆
202252.23 of 425.0%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202634.6261 of 37730.8%★★☆☆☆
202543.0196 of 33341.1%★★☆☆☆
202421.0337 of 38913.4%★☆☆☆☆
202321.2336 of 39314.5%★☆☆☆☆
202219.3264 of 31215.4%★☆☆☆☆
20219.3255 of 2705.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201945.7211 of 37043.0%★★☆☆☆
201856.2174 of 37453.5%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202621.0333 of 39515.7%★☆☆☆☆
202528.0297 of 37721.2%★☆☆☆☆
202410.7373 of 4057.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.6356 of 39810.6%★☆☆☆☆
20226.6385 of 4034.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.5340 of 3513.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.4340 of 41117.3%★☆☆☆☆
201826.0331 of 39816.8%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202615.4205 of 2248.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.8169 of 1785.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.6215 of 2212.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.6207 of 2164.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.6209 of 2142.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.8212 of 2203.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.1192 of 1951.5%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Homeless (2024)89th percentile+77 vs school
African American (2026)51st percentile+33 vs school
Hispanic (2026)44th percentile+26 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)31st percentile+13 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)28th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2026)16th percentile~ school
Female (2026)12th percentile-6 vs school
Special Education (2026)8th percentile-9 vs school
By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?
Science19%-7 vs state
Math17%-28 vs state
Reading17%-31 vs state

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Hiawatha Collegiate High School ranks in the bottom 17.8% of Minnesota high schools.

Students at Hiawatha Collegiate High School are 84% Hispanic, 12% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 744 students attended Hiawatha Collegiate High School.

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Latest Minnesota data All new data »
2024–25 through 2025–26 MCA-III & MCA-IV test scoresNewSep 30, 2026
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026
2024–25 MCA-III test scoresAug 29, 2025
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 8, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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